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Hindu Flashcards

1
Q

This experience of Hindus seeing or being seen by a deity or a guru is called ________ .

A

Darshana

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2
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The origins of the four classes (varnas) is traced to ________ .

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the cosmic sacrifice of Purusha, the ‘Supreme Person’

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3
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What Hindu festival means ‘necklace of lights’?

A

Deepavali (or Divali).

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4
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Bhakti refers to ________ .

A

Devotion

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5
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What is the most important school of Hindu philosophy?

A

Vedanta

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6
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The most famous text outlining the norms of moral and social duty according to the caste system is the ________ .

A

Laws of Manu

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7
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The trimurti (‘three forms’) includes which three gods?

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Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva

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The god Ganesha has the head of what animal?

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Elephant

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9
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In the form of Nataraja, Shiva is commonly portrayed iconographically as a ________ .

A

Dancer

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10
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The practice of sati involves ________.

A

The self-immolation of a widow on her husband’s cremation pyre

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11
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The earliest compositions in the Hindu tradition are the ________ .

A

Vedas

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12
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What does the term moksha mean?

A

‘liberation’ from the cycle of rebirth

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13
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What American movement incorporated Hindu traditions and scriptures?

A

Transcendentalism

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14
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Which of the following is NOT a form of the Goddess?

A

Hanuman

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15
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To when are the Upanishads approximately dated?

A

600 BCE

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16
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The Bhagavad Gita is an extract from what larger work?

A

The Mahabharata

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17
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Bhakti yoga, discussed in the Bhagavad Gita, refers to ________ .

A

The way of devotion

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18
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From where does the term ‘Hinduism’ derive?

A

The word ‘Sind’, referring to the region of the river Sindhu (Indus).

19
Q

How many incarnations will Vishnu have in the present cycle of creation, according to Hindu tradition?

A

10

20
Q

What are the three ways to liberation described in the Gita?

A

Action, Knowledge, Devotion

21
Q

In what Hindu text is the Creation Hymn found?

A

The Rig Veda

22
Q

Ayurveda referred to an important system of ________ .

A

Medicine

23
Q

In a Hindu wedding, what does the couple take seven steps around together?

A

Ritual Fire

24
Q

The Bhagavad Gita take the form of a conversation between ________ .

A

Arjuna and Krishna

25
Q

The shudra caste consists of ________ .

A

Servants

26
Q

The Sanskrit word ‘dharma’, for Hindus, refers to ________ .

A

Righteousness, specifically in religious and social obligation

27
Q

The civilization in the Indus Valley region dating as far back as 2750 BCE is known as the ________ .

A

Harappa Culture

28
Q

The phrase “tat tvam asi” (“you are that”) refers to ________ .

A

The connection of Brahman and Atman

29
Q

The most famous text outlining the norms of moral and social duty according to the caste system is the ________ .

A

Laws of Manu

30
Q

What are the dharmashastras?

A

Codes of law and ethics

31
Q

The god Ganesha has the head of what animal?

A

Elephant

32
Q

The literal meaning of ‘karma’ is ________ .

A

Action

33
Q

Samsara refers to ________ ,

A

The continuing cycle of death and rebirth

34
Q

Which of the following are types of smrti (‘that which is remembered’) literature?

A

All three, the epics (itihasas), the Puranas and the dharmashastras.

35
Q

Who was the influential Hindu participant at the 1893 World’s Parliament of Religions in Chicago?

A

Vivekanada

36
Q

The kshatriya caste consists of ________ .

A

Rulers and warriors

37
Q

Shruti (‘that which was heard’) literature refers to ________ .

A

The Vedas

38
Q

Krishna is considered an avatara (incarnation) of which god?

A

Vishnu

39
Q

Prasada refers to ________ .

A

food ritually presented to, then returned by, a deity

40
Q

The linga, a conical or cylindrical stone column symbolic of creative energy, is associated with which god?

A

Shiva

41
Q

Scholars date the composition of the Vedas to roughly ________ .

A

1500-600 BCE

42
Q

The Atman is the ________ .

A

Human Soul

43
Q

The Which of the following is NOT a great Classical Hindu epic?

A

The Laws of Manu

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